Armed robber: ‘You’re not going to walk away from this’

Police released additional details Friday about two recent armed street robberies in the University District.

On Feb. 15, a man was walking from the Fusion Ultra Lounge to his car shortly after midnight when an assailant “pointed a black semi-automatic handgun at his head and demanded he hand over everything in his pockets,” according to the man’s statement in an incident report.

The victim told police he thought a 2000 Chevy Impala might have been involved because the car was driving in the area before the incident. He provided a suspect description, but it has not been released by police.

Several police and a canine unit responded, but no suspect was found.

Two days earlier, police responded to another armed robbery in the 4700 block of University Way Northeast. In that case, a man was walking southbound when four black men in their 20s wearing dark clothes stepped in front of him and asked if he wanted to buy marijuana.

When the man said no and tried to pass, the four men jumped him, according to police.

The victim “was struck multiple times in the face and he fell to the ground,” officer Jason Domholt wrote in an incident report. “The suspects grabbed his backpack and pulled his sweater off of him. They also grabbed his cell phone and threw it on the ground causing the battery to fall off.”

One of the men, who was wearing a brown sweater and black pants, pulled out a black semi-automatic handgun and appeared to load a magazine.

“You’re not going to walk away from this,” he said, according to police.

But the group fled. The victim did not suffer major physical injuries.

Seattle police and University of Washington police, which did not send an official alert to UW students, searched the area unsuccessfully for the suspects.